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After 16 explosive Australian Poetry Slam heats held all over NSW, from Moree to Sydney, from Byron Bay to Albury, we’ve gathered the best poets from each region to share their words with you in a mind-blowing state final!

The State Library works hard to collect items which focus on all aspects of today’s lifestyle, reflecting fads and fashions, amusements and our use of leisure. Join Curator Margot Riley for this special viewing of highlights from the Library’s rarely seen ephemera collection.

Conceived by artist and academic Lois Weaver, who uses the familiar to get people to talk about what is troubling and unfamiliar, the Care Cafe is a new call to conversation in an era in which human rights are under threat.